The Bachelor Season 26: Who is already an early contender?

Clayton Echard is the brand new leading man for The Bachelor Season 26! With the cast officially being announced, photos released, and its premiere episode officially aired, let’s see who’s an early front-runner and who seems to be the odd ones out this season!

The Bachelor Season 26 is coming up and the new leading man, the Bachelor himself will be Clayton Echard, a 28-year-old sales rep and former pro football player with the Seattle Seahawks, from Eureka, Missouri. He will be blessed (hopefully) with 31 women vying for all of his undivided love and attention. What will this season have in store? What will all of the women be like?

We’ve been waiting quite some time to see Clayton Echard shine as the Bachelor because let’s all be truly honest with ourselves here: we’ve all been rooting for him since he balled his eyes out after reading those letters from those two precious kids on Michelle’s season of The Bachelorette!

I have some hope for him because I think that he’ll truly do well here! Good luck, Clayton!

We’re going to dive deep into a few different categories in the slides to come: early contenders/front-runners, the crazies, the under-the-radar ladies, and the too-smart-and-b****y to be here girls.

If you have seen the cast thus far and also have some early predictions, let us know down in the comments for some fun debating! Let’s meet The Bachelor Season 26 gals!